Use GUIDs.
>Hi all,
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> I will be having multiple laptops running MSDE going out on the road. I need to have each machine generate it's own unique id and then join all the data back into 1 database upon return. What is the best approach for this. Will each machine generate it's own unique id.
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>Thanks....
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer